Running Sushi in the nerve cell
Cell biologist Michael Kiebler and his group at the BMC have followed the transport of individual mRNAs to specific synapses. Link to the detailed article on the LMU website
Fluorescence microscopy video of a living hippocampal neuron, for the visualization of mRNA transport (green arrow) in a dendrite. Image: K. E. Bauer, M. A. Kiebler, LMU.